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 2120 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SESS. III. CHS. 284-286,292. 1931. such plea, except in the event that the so-called Lever Act under which said indictment is found shall be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States and that no prosecution Promo. could be sustained upon the facts stated in said indictment": Pro- Limitation on at- vided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess terDey's, etc., fees. of 10 per centum thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, on account of services Excessive, unlawful. rendered in connection with said claim. It shall be unlawful for any agent or agents, attorney or attorneys, to exact, collect, withhold, or receive any sum of the amount appropriated in this Act in excess of 1°per centum thereof on account of services rendered in connec- tion with said claim, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Penalty fer violati('n . Any person violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed ~uilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined 1essie .~xton. Pa~ntto. m any sum not exceeding $1,000. . Approved, February 23, 1931. CHAP. 286. -An Act For the relief of Jessie Axton. Be it enacted by the Senate and H0'U8e of Representatives of th~ United State8 of America in Congress (Usemhled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Jessie Axton the sum of $165, in full settlement of her claim against the Government for services rendered in reporting and transcribing the record in the case of the United States against Horace Alderman. Approved, February 23, 1931. February 23, 1931. CRAP. 286. -An Act For the relief of John A. Arnold. fH. R. J0S42·1 [Private, No. 369.] Be it enacted by the Senate and Ilouse of Repre.sentatil'es oj the 10hn A. Arnold. United States of ArMrica in Co-ngrcs8 a.ssembled, That the Secretary Reimbul'llement (or of thE' Treasury be and he is h~reb't· authorized and directed tOlay, eertsm land and 1m· ,. ol, • • pro\·ements. out of any money In the Treasury not otherWIse afpropnate, to John A. Arnold the sum of $54~ in full settlement 0 all claims and to reimburse him for the value of land and improvements made by him upon Government lands as homest~ad entryman, which land and improvements he 'Was forced to relinquish due to error of the Government in issuing to him homestead entry certificate to lands already entered and to which it had no title, said lanus being the southwest quarter section 25, township 34 north, range 11 west, Pulaski County, Missouri. Approved, February 23, 1931. Fe. ]931. CRAP. 292.- An Act For the relief of James Earl Brigman. -rPrivate, No. 370.]- • • Be 1,t enacted by the Senate and House of Representahves C?f 1ames Earl Brigman. the United States of America in Congress (Usembled, That III Military record (Qr' the administration of any laws conferring rights, privileges, and reeted. benefits upon honorably discharged soldiers, James Earl Brigman, who served as a member of Company A, Thirteenth Infantry, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been honorably discharged ProtMo. from said service on the 10th day of April, 1915: Provided, That No back pay, etc. no bounty, back pay, pension, or allowance shall be held to have accrued prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, February 24, 1931.